I have the same problem, I don't understand what's happening to the gasoline when you add ethanol and water and I know of no one I can ask other than this group. I would be inclined to believe the authors of the various books I've read that the water will fall out and cause problems. Many years ago I learned about supersaturation in chemistry class, As long as you kept heating the water you could add more and more sugar, up to a point that is. But when you turned the heat down the sugar would fall out and settle on the bottom because the water couldn't hold that much sugar with the lower heat level. So I'm guessing that as the temperature drops the water will fall out until at some temperature all of the water has fallen out.
This can be tested easy enought. Tomorrow I will buy a bottle of Everclear (I think it is 200 proof) so I will know exactly how much water I will be adding and then see what it takes to get it to fall out. Start out at let's say, 70 degrees and let it cool down slowly until I get my water back. I'll let you know what happens. George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ken Provost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > George wrote: > > > > > > > > > My thinking is this, hydrous ethanol (let's say 180 proof) is > a lot > > >cheaper and faster to make than anhydrous. Mix the hydrous > ethanol > > >with your gasoline and let it set until the water falls out and > then > > >drain the water off. > > > > I can't imagine this would work to dry alcohol, or nobody would > > bother with the fancy distillations, entraining cosolvents, > molecular > > sieves, etc. I know that's not a real answer, but maybe someone else > > can give the specific reason it doesn't work that way..... > > My problem is that I perhaps don't understand the problem. I know > that water and Ethanol mix well. Too well sometimes. That's what > distillation is all about. Gasoline and Ethanol also mix well. Water > and Gasoline don't mix well beyond a certain point. > > The next portion is from hearsay. Evidently when you try to combine > all 3, there is a problem. Supposedly the water drops out of > suspension, creating a problem. It seems to me, that if the water > drops out, it is a solution, not a problem. If it doesn't drop out, > where is the problem? > I definitely need some more factual input into this topic. > > I have an old Chevy pickup that is not highway legal, so I can't > drive it to town to gas it up. All the fuel for it is hauled in cans > or barrels. I get a lot of condensation etc. in my fuel, and burn a > fair amount of water. Sometimes I use Gasohol with 10% Ethanol, > sometimes I don't. I seldom have any fuel problems. If I do, I dump > some Isopropyl alcohol in the tank. Isopropyl is only 70% alcohol, > and 30% water. I don't know how the chemistry works out, but my > pickup runs very well. I haven't had the carburator off for several > years, so I don't know what it looks like internally. > > Does anyone have the time to do some research into the alleged > problem? > > Motie > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > [Click Here!] > <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=194081.1994012.3473453.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705083269:HM/A=1036972/R=0/*http://www.ediets.com/start.cfm?code=3466> > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/k6cvND/n97DAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
